Estimator

Location: Outskirts of Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

Hours: Full time, Monday – Thursday 8:30am – 5pm and Friday 8:30am – 4pm

Salary: Up to £30,000 depending on experience

Benefits: 20 days annual leave (Increases to 25 days after 1 year of service), annual companywide bonus, Christmas bonus, pension scheme, company events throughout the year and onsite parking

Are you a junior Estimator and looking for a new challenge to excel your career? Want to work within a manufacturing organisation who will provide training and allow you to develop your skills as an Estimator? This organisation is looking for an Estimator to join a small team, working on a variety of projects with customers from all different industries. You will work closely with the sales department and production team to ensure a smooth process for the customer. Ideally you will have some experience of reading customer drawings whether it will have been within the construction, engineering, or manufacturing industry.

Who are we?

We are Busy Bee Recruitment, an awarding-winning recruitment agency supplying both temporary and permanent staffing solutions throughout the UK to our wonderful client base.

Job Duties:

• Creating and logging parts on the MRP system
• Calculating costings and prices for customers using the MRP system
• Working closely with the sales team to ensure a smooth process from initial conversation to closure of quote and sale 
• Working closely with the production team to understand lead times and labour require for customer jobs and projects
• Liaising with existing suppliers to discuss any new prices on materials
• Sourcing for new suppliers alongside the purchasing team and negotiating prices for materials
• Read drawings from customers, understanding dimensions and being able to put costings into the system
• Liaising with customers directly to discuss any changes or queries to their original drawing and updating the sales team on the progress and communication had with the customer
• Face to face meetings with customers and suppliers as and when needed

What we are looking for:

• Ideally some previous experience as an Estimator
• Experience of reading drawings (can be from engineering, manufacturing, or construction industry)
• Understanding of dimensions
• Strong numerical skills
• Ideally previous experience with creating quotations
• Effective communication skills
• Technical and commercial awareness
• A willingness to learn and develop skills

So, are you ready for your next job? Hit on the apply button today if you are interested in the Estimator vacancy!

If you have not received a response within 3-5 working days, unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful. Busy Bee Recruitment Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency for this Permanent vacancy.